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The U.S. Military Academy released a statement Tuesday after a recent graduate posted photos of himself with pro-communist messages hidden under his uniform and dress cap while still a cadet. The photos, posted by 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone, show the then-cadet posing with a Che Guevara t...

NOVO SELO TRAINING AREA, Bulgaria -- The permanent American military presence in Bulgaria and Romania "is critical to a strong Europe and a deterrence to Russian aggression," said Col. Benjamin Jones, referring to the proximity of Russian forces in Crimea, just some 200 miles away. Th...

Remington Research Group has conducted a national public opinion survey regarding the NFL. The survey was conducted September 25th and 1,633 respondents participated. Most Americans, 51%, say they have watched less football this year compared to the past. Of respondents who said they ...

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department has dispatched about 2,600 troops to aid Hurricane Maria victims in the U.S. Virgin Islands and in Puerto Rico, where access to power and communications remained severely limited five days after the Category 4 storm struck the U.S. territory. The mi...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2017 — The United States places great importance on building a vibrant defense partnership with India, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a press conference with India’s Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman following their bilateral discussions in New Delhi yest...

In developing this mapped assessment, FDD’s Long War Journal evaluates the Taliban’s claims of control. LWJ consulted local reports and utilized expertise of historical dynamics to validate any Taliban claims. When unable to corroborate the Taliban’s claims, LWJ indicated a district a...

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MELBOURNE, Australia ― Japan is evaluating locations to base the Aegis Ashore land-based ballistic missile defense system of which it has expressed interest in acquiring to better defend against North Korean ballistic missiles. According to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which quoted Ja...

SEOUL, South Korea — Military analysts say North Korea doesn't have either the capability or the intent to attack U.S. bombers and fighter jets, despite the country's top diplomat saying it has every right do so. They view the remark by North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and a r...

WASHINGTON — Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said he advised administration officials to let all qualified individuals serve in the military, a view that was ignored when the White House announced its ban on transgender troops this summer. “I believe that any individual who ...

Air Force reservists assigned to the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, have established operations to support humanitarian relief efforts on the islands of Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, and St. Croix. Reserve medical personnel, and aircrews from multipl...

Following public outcry, Harvard University recently rescinded its invitation for Manning to be a visiting fellow at the prestigious school. Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell resigned from Harvard as a result of the decision to invite Manning, according to a report from Milita...

Second, a shift to the Commerce Department could compromise the United States’ ability to investigate and prosecute arms smugglers. The Trump administration’s proposal would likely eliminate the current requirement that individuals receive government approval before attempting to brok...

WASHINGTON — Federal health care reform proposed by Republicans in Congress would increase the number of aging, sick and low-income veterans without insurance and put pressure on an overburdened Veterans Affairs system, according to a study released Thursday. In 2013, while the Afford...

The head of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet announced Monday that he will retire after being passed over for the top job at U.S. Pacific Command. Adm. Scott Swift’s announcement, made in a posting to Pacific Fleet’s website, marks the latest departure for regional and surface force commands ...

The four-star commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet has requested retirement after being denied nomination to command all U.S. forces in the Pacific, he announced Monday night. “I have been informed by the Chief of Naval Operations that I will not be his nominee to replace Adm. [Harry] Harr...

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It’s the Pentagon playing a game of chicken with Congress over funding and leaving it to the average grunt to pay the price with their life. Rather than adequately budget for training and maintenance, they have instead chosen to fund other projects and then blame Congress for not givi...

A KC-46 tanker refuels a C-17 transport in mid-air. WASHINGTON: You’d think Boeing and the Air Force would have learned from Lockheed Martin’s experience with the F-35 and concurrency , which Vice Adm. James Venlet identified six years ago in our pages as a fundamental “miscalculation...

The bravery of World War II Australian Z Special Force operatives was highlighted in 1989 when the mini-series The Heroes premiered on the Ten Network. The plot recreated the heroic voyage of the MV Krait , which was crewed by a mixture of RAN and military personnel during a clandesti...

WASHINGTON — Chelsea Manning has been denied entry into Canada, according to a letter she recently posted to Twitter. According to the letter Manning received from the Canadian government, she was “inadmissible on grounds of serious criminality for having been convicted of an offense ...

Former soldiers make great heroes. They’ve fought for their country, they understand loyalty, and they come with solid muscle and faultless manners. That makes them perfect in my book. When Loose id requested submissions for three linked stories, I decided my heroes would be former so...

WASHINGTON — The acting under secretary for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs abruptly stepped aside on Monday, leaving the agency with yet another leadership void as VA officials prepare ambitious reforms for veterans medical benefits. Poonam Alaigh, who had served in the ...